Social media personality, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly called Mompha, has slammed N5m suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged unlawful re-arrest and detention.
Mompha, who is facing a N32 billion fraud charge, was re-arrested on Friday, (Aug.14) by the EFCC.
He was re-arrested when he went to the anti-graft’s Office in Ikoyi, Lagos, to reclaim his personal items seized from him by the anti-graft agency in 2019.
The visit was sequel to a ruling by Justice Mohammed Liman on July 24, ordering the release of the seized items on the grounds that the EFCC did not list them as exhibits in court.
In the suit filed on his behalf on Tuesday by his counsel, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), Mustapha is praying the court to declare that his re-arrest and detention by the EFCC was unjustifiable and unlawful.
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He is equally urging the court to declare that the continued seizure of the items violated his right to own property under Section 44 of the constitution.
He is praying the court to order the EFCC not only to free him but also to give him back the seized items and pay him N5 million as damages.
A litigation officer in Oyewole’s office, Mr Kayode Adeboye, who swore to an affidavit in support of the application, averred that Mustapha’s arrest was baseless.
He argued that Mustapha had been granted bail by the court and never absconded.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.
